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Posted on 15/08/13 09:33:12 AM |
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Sjef
Flying Dutchman Posts: 571 Reply  |
100% PHOTOSHOP - DISABLE MASK EFFECT BUT STILL APPLY LAYER EFFECTS
Dear Photoshoppers, I tried again but couldn't get the side grip right in the way descriped on page 179. At point #5 the Layer is revealed, but also the bevel disappears (not so in the image of point #5). This option is also mentioned on page 213 # 17 (hiding shadow on the sky). What am I doing wrong?  |
Posted on 15/08/13 09:34:57 AM |
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Sjef
Flying Dutchman Posts: 571 Reply |
Re: 100% PHOTOSHOP - DISABLE MASK EFFECT BUT STILL APPLY LAYER EFFECTS
The same goes for point #8 on page 209. Hiding the Mask disables the Mask AND the Layer Effects. To copy the texture into the Mask I Alt»click on the Mask-thumbnail and hit Ctrl»V. Maybe this isn't the right way?  |
Posted on 15/08/13 5:49:28 PM |
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Artwel
Satire Supremo Posts: 607 Reply  |
Re: 100% PHOTOSHOP - DISABLE MASK EFFECT BUT STILL APPLY LAYER EFFECTS
Hi Sjef, I remember having similar issues when I was doing the Grip part. In the end I think I just tried a load of different things to get a not quite perfect result. (This doesn't help you at all sorry!  )
http://www.howtocheatinphotoshop.com/cgi-bin/simpleforum_files/attachments/Chapter_7___Futuretech2S.jpg |
Posted on 16/08/13 7:44:43 PM |
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Deborah Morley
Makeover Magician Posts: 1319 Reply  |
Re: 100% PHOTOSHOP - DISABLE MASK EFFECT BUT STILL APPLY LAYER EFFECTS
Hi Sjef, I too had the same problem, I could never make this work. I too did a work-around, but found it very frustrating. I have just tried again, and again with no luck. Maybe, one day we will find the answer! |
Posted on 17/08/13 6:01:30 PM |
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Deborah Morley
Makeover Magician Posts: 1319 Reply |
Re: 100% PHOTOSHOP - DISABLE MASK EFFECT BUT STILL APPLY LAYER EFFECTS
So, yet another frustrating time. I didn't have quite the same result with the stone wall as I didn't make the cloud effect so small and contrasty, image 1. Image 2 is the effect I got by pasting the cloud layer into the layer mask, using Alt and Ctrl/V; which seemed to work well for stone. Image 3 is what it looked like when I disabled the Layer Mask  |
Posted on 18/08/13 04:24:12 AM |
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Sjef
Flying Dutchman Posts: 571 Reply |
Re: 100% PHOTOSHOP - DISABLE MASK EFFECT BUT STILL APPLY LAYER EFFECTS
Hi Deborah and Artwel, Thanks for your answers albeit not what I was hoping for. Hopefully Steve can put an end to our frustration at this issue, because it seems to me a very nice option. Until now, when I want to get rid of shadows againts a sky for instance, I must create a Layer from this shadow in the FX context menu and clipping mask the untied shadow. A bit like Steve describes in his Chapter 'Location is everyting' (the hot tip column). |
Posted on 18/08/13 9:24:38 PM |
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Steve Caplin
Administrator Posts: 7044 Reply  |
Re: 100% PHOTOSHOP - DISABLE MASK EFFECT BUT STILL APPLY LAYER EFFECTS
It appears this thing about disabling (but not quite disabling) layer masks is a bug that appeared in CS4, which was what I used when I wrote the book, and which was cleared up afterwards. So the technique no longer applies. There's a fuller discussion about the issue here if you want to read through that - Deborah, I seem to remember you making a number of useful comments at the time. I updated the Bricks tutorial to work around the issue, and you can download that here. To fix the hand grip issue, though, a simple workaround is to duplicate the layer and fill the grip with black, then move it behind the original grip and enable the layer mask on that layer. You get a very similar effect. Sorry for the confusion! |
Posted on 19/08/13 09:40:48 AM |
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Jota120
Ingenious Inventor Posts: 2615 Reply  |
Re: 100% PHOTOSHOP - DISABLE MASK EFFECT BUT STILL APPLY LAYER EFFECTS
Fyi small comment Steve you seem to have syntax problem HTML second here link. Need fwd slash at end for url and b. I'm sure they can work it though, but just in case... I think it should be : here . I think you must have relaxed really well in France, well done  |
Posted on 19/08/13 8:50:56 PM |
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Steve Caplin
Administrator Posts: 7044 Reply |
Re: 100% PHOTOSHOP - DISABLE MASK EFFECT BUT STILL APPLY LAYER EFFECTS
Thanks, Trevor - fixed. |
Posted on 20/08/13 6:17:52 PM |
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Sjef
Flying Dutchman Posts: 571 Reply |
Re: 100% PHOTOSHOP - DISABLE MASK EFFECT BUT STILL APPLY LAYER EFFECTS
Thanks very much Steve for your extensive answer, also about the workaround for the hand grip. At last I can say farewel to this problem, although I don't understand why such a smart option is removed. |